Honey locust wood.

[vykus]

I have a piece I'm finishing up out of honey locust wood. I'm trying to find something to use as a backer with a 1/4 inch sticking out around the border. There are significant gaps so the backer would be visible. I need a wood that is going to harmonise with the yellow/orange of the honey locust. Any ideas?

[amazingkevin]

I have a piece I'm finishing up out of honey locust wood. I'm trying to find something to use as a backer with a 1/4 inch sticking out around the border. There are significant gaps so the backer would be visible. I need a wood that is going to harmonise with the yellow/orange of the honey locust. Any ideas?

Google complimentary colors of yellow and orange

[amazingkevin]

I have a piece I'm finishing up out of honey locust wood. I'm trying to find something to use as a backer with a 1/4 inch sticking out around the border. There are significant gaps so the backer would be visible. I need a wood that is going to harmonise with the yellow/orange of the honey locust. Any ideas?

That would be blue

[dgman]

Without seeing the project, I would think a dark or medium dark wood like Walnut or Mahogany would look good.

[vykus]

Here are some pictures of the nearly finished piece. I doing some more sanding and a little shaping of the letters. The second picture shows a piece of scrap with lemon oil on it to give a little bit of an idea of what it will look like finished. The idea of mahogany sounds promising. 

[Bill WIlson]

Walnut would probably be my first choice, but I like walnut a lot, so it would be my first choice for a lot of things.  

 

Cherry would look good as well, but it would take some time for it to darken enough to provide the necessary contrast.

[vykus]

Walnut would be good, I have a ton of 1 inch walnut but I don't want it that thick so I would have to go out and get some. 

[Dan]

If there is a wood shop nearby take your walnut and see if they will resaw it and run it through the planer. It may cost a couple of bucks but it beats buying more wood.

[Denny Knappen]

I agree with walnut and the darker the better.

[vykus]

I found a nice 1/2 inch piece of walnut at the lumber yard for a couple of bucks. it looks great. I will be doing the glue up later today and shellac tomorrow or Mon. 

[Lucky2]

Matt, a piece of baltic birch plywood would look good as a backer, for this piece. I look forward to seeing what you ended up with, it shoud look amazing.

Len